About Me
Dave Cross, jazz and blues guitarist, vocalist, bandleader, BMI songwriter, educator and composer (cues for VH1, MTV, MTV China, ABC, NBC, Bravo, Biography Channel, Discovery, A&E, Oxygen, Bill Cosby, Nickelodeon, PBS, USA Network, NYCT, Food Network, HGTV, TV Land, SoundSpectrum, Style Network, Janet Jackson, YES Ultimate Road Trip, BMI Bravo, XAudio, Mastiff), has performed along the west coast for 30 years as a solo artist and with the band Crossection.Crossection released 2 internationally distributed albums on Endurance Records: Jazz Blues And Gumbo Grooves, 1995, and Back to Broke 1997. Both albums received airplay on stations across the country and in Europe and Asia. A third album, Simple, was released in February 2000 and has received airplay on digital and analog stations as well as Television networksDave lives with his wife and three sons in Laguna Canyon and performs 200 + dates annually at festivals, corporate events, restaurants, clubs and coffee houses in and around Orange County, California.CROSSECTION CONCERT APPEARANCES INCLUDE:ORANGE COUNTY ART AND JAZZ FEST,
NEWPORT JAZZ FEST,
RIDGECREST JAZZ FEST,
HARVEST FESTIVAL, IRVINE,
WAGON WHEEL FESTIVAL, COTO DE CAZA,
BLUEBIRD CONCERT SERIES, LAGUNA BEACH,
BREA MARKETPLACE CONCERT SERIES,
SAN JUAN CAPISTRANO LIBRARY CONCERT SERIES,
SAN CLEMENTE SUMMER CONCERT SERIES,
DANA POINT SUMMER CONCERT SERIES,
THE BLOCK AT ORANGE,
SANTA MARGARITA RODEO,
LOS ANGELES COUNTY FAIR,
ORANGE COUNTY FAIR,
DISNEYLAND,
FESTIVAL OF THE ARTS, LAGUNA BEACH,
SAWDUST FESTIVAL, LAGUNA BEACH,
AVI HOTEL CASINO, LAUGHLIN,
THE CRAZY HORSE, SANTA ANA,
THE PALOMINO, HOLLYWOOD,
THE COACHOUSE, SAN JUAN CAPISTRANO,
LUCILLE’S, UNIVERSAL CITY,
B.B.KING'S, UNIVERSAL CITY,
LAGUNA MOULTON PLAYHOUSE, LAGUNA BEACH,
CANESSA GALLERY, SAN FRANCISCO,
ORANGE COAST COLLEGE,
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, IRVINE,
SADDLEBACK COLLEGE,
IRVINE VALLEY COLLEGE,Orange County Venues include:Anaheim Hills Country Club,
Coto de Caza Country Club,
Monarch Bay Club, Monarch Beach,
El Niguel Country Club, Laguna Niguel,
Balboa Bay Club, Newport Beach,
Pellican Hills Country Club, Newport Beach,
San Juan Capistrano Library,
Ole Hanson Beach Club, San Clemente,
Anaheim Hills Racquet Club,
Big Canyon Country Club, Newport Beach,
[seven degrees] gallery, Laguna Beach,
Costa Mesa Country Club,
Coyote Hills Country Club, Fullerton,
Cypress Golf Club,
Marriot Hotel, Irvine,
Hotel Laguna, Laguna Beach,
Surf and Sand Resort, Laguna Beach,
St. Regis Hotel, Monarch Beach,
Embassy Suites Hotel, Brea,
Hyatt Regency, Irvine,
Las Brisas Restaurant, Laguna Beach,
C’est La Vie Restaurant, Laguna Beach,
Tivoli Terrace Restaurant, Laguna Beach,
Partner’s Bistro, Laguna Beach,
Birraporetti’s Restaurant, Costa Mesa,
Renaissance Café, Dana Point,
Bistango Restauraant, Irvine,
Il Fornaio Restaurant, Irvine,
The Trocadero Restaurant, Irvine,
Villa Nova Restaurant, Newport Beach,
Aliso Creek Inn, Laguna Beach,
The Cannery Restaurant, Newport Beach,
La Ferme Restaurant, Mission Viejo,
Wolfgang Puck, Fashion Island,
Aliso Beach, South Laguna,
Three Palms, Heisler Park, Laguna Beach,
Gazebo, Heisler Park, Laguna Beach,
Monument Point, Heisler Park, Laguna Beach,
Crescent Bay Park, Laguna Beach,
Irvine Park,
Emerald Bay, Laguna Beach,
Crystal Cove, Laguna Beach,
Fullerton Arboretum,
Heritage Park, Dana Point,
Fairhaven Memorial Park, Tustin,
Bonito Canyon Park, San Clemente.2008 ORANGE COUNTY MUSIC AWARDS;
2008 INLAND EMPIRE MUSIC AWARDS
